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Public Libraries-7, including branches, with total of 60,000 volumes. 30 library service stations.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 320, with 146 miles paved and 4.8 miles under construction. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 276; motorbus routes, Il1. Number of water meters, 18,150; light meters, 28,500; gas meters, 7,085. Capacity of water works, 16,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 8,500,000 gallons; total gallons pumped in 1940, 3,129,782,000; miles of mains, 258; value of plant, $5,500,000. Fire department has 126 men, with 7 stations and 18 pieces of motor equip- ment. Police department has 101 men, with 1 station and 20 pieces of motor equipment.
CHARLOTTE "FIRSTS"
Charlotte is first in North and South Carolina in:
Population Telegraph business
Insurance Warehouse facilities
Number of telephone connections
Motor-truck service
Number of long-distance telephone calls
Railway express
Financial business
Airplane service Aviation (general)
Bank clearings
Bank debits
Retail sales
Postal receipts
Radio broadcasting
Wholesale sales
Effective buying income per capita
Railroad facilities
School enrollment
Air mail, air express and air passen- ger business Newspaper circulation
National corporations maintaining branches and offices
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U. S. Post Office and Federal Court House
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INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
Charlotte, the county seat of Mecklenburg, named for Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of George Ill of England, was incorporated as a town in 1768. The name Mecklenburg was given to the county in honor of the Queen's birthplace. The early settlers were made up of Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia; Germans from the same sections; and English, Scotch, Germans, Huguenots and Swiss from the South by way of Charleston.
A court house, constructed of logs, had been built in the town a few years previous to its incorporation, and the county court was held there, which probably accounted for Charlotte being selected as the county seat. The court house was located at the intersection of the streets now known as Trade and Tryon.
Charlotte is famed as the place where the first Declaration of Inde- pendence was made on May 20, 1775.
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
"Resolved: That we, the citizens of Mecklenburg County, do hereby dissolve the political bonds which have connected us with the mother country; and absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British Crown, abjuring all political connection with a nation that has wantonly trampled our rights and liberties, and inhumanly shed the innocent blood of Americans at Lexington.
"Resolved: That we do hereby declare ourselves free and independent people; that we are and of right ought to be a sovereign and self-governing people, under the power of God and the general congress; to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual coopera- tion, our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
"Resolved: That all officers, both civil and military, in this county, be entitled to exercise the same powers and authorities as heretofore; that every member of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer and exercise the powers of a justice of the peace, issue process, hear and determine controversies according to law, preserve peace, union and harmony in the county, and use every exertion to spread the love of liberty and of country, until a more general and better organized system of government be established."
Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte
Charlotte Has More Privately-Owned Planes Than Any Other City in the South
MUNICIPAL
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Charlotte's Municipal Airport is in the fourth year of operation and has shown a rapid growth in services to the public in that short time. A radio beam tower and control building were erected on airport property during 1939. This enables practically all planes, flying under adverse weather conditions, to land safely at the airport. The U. S. Army is in the process of establishing an Army Air Base unit at the Municipal Airport, with an expenditure of more than $1,500,000 in the development of this base and the airport.
Charlotte's Tico Airports Have Facilities to Meet All the Needs of Any Flyer
AIRPORT
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Eastern Air Lines operate seven planes daily through Charlotte. Over 2,500 visiting planes, excluding air liners, have landed at the airport during the last twelve months.
Besides the Municipal Airport, Charlotte has a privately-owned airport-the Cannon Airport, which is complete in every detail.
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Early Schools and Education
The people of Mecklenburg brought with them, in the settlement of their new country, the love of education. The first schools were conducted in the homes of the teachers of their patrons. Prior to the time of the American Revolution a number of school buildings had been erected. Queens College, or Museum, located within Charlotte, and within the territory of Sugar Creek Church, was the most noted school of Colonial times in Mecklenburg County. This college was located on a lot on South Tryon Street, where later, for many years, stood the Mecklenburg County Court House.
Early Churches and Religion
Seven churches of importance in Colonial days in Mecklenburg County were: Sugar Creek, Rocky River, Poplar Tent, Hopewell, Steel Creek, Provi- dence and Centre. The congregations of these early churches were composed of men and women of strong character, high motives and dignified demeanor. To their influence throughout the community and upon succeeding generations may be attributed the fine type of Christian citizenship which has characterized the people of Mecklenburg County. Many members of the families composing these seven Colonial churches have gone out to other sections of the U. S., particularly to the Southwestern and Middle Western sections of the country, to establish homes and to carry with them the fine ideals of citizenship and Christian influence of their Mecklenburg ancestry. Numbers of the descendants of these Mecklenburg citizens who moved to other parts of the U. S. make pilgrimages to the venerable churches to read upon tombstones in the old burying grounds records of the lives of their forefathers. Upon anniversary occasions of these historic churches, all-day services are held and men and women from many distant states are numbered among the persons in attend- ance.
CHARLOTTE TODAY
Thirty years ago the South began to arouse from her bed of rich, deep traditions and better herself. There is a new South today-an onward-driving pulsating South in industry, agriculture and finance.
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City Armory-Auditorium, Charlotte
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Fundamentally successful industries develop best where abundant raw materials, mechanical power and stable population combine. Tremendously rich in natural resources, power and raw materials, the South has marched forward with seven-league boots, and today, the economic advantages result- ing from the development of her resources are leading the trail of industry southward.
This is true, not only in the textile field, where advantageous conditions of power, climate, labor and living conditions at the source of raw materials have already transferred the center of industry from New England to the South, but in other lines of diversified manufacturing as well.
North Carolina today is the pacemaker of the South; it leads in textile manufacturing and hydro-electric power development, and Charlotte is the center of a textile manufacturing territory having 770 mills, operating over 10,000,000 spindles and consuming more cotton than any other section in the world.
Charlotte is the center of one of the largest hydro-electric developments in the U. S., the total horsepower developed and in immediate prospect of developing being more than a million.
It is the largest center in the South for textile mill machinery and equip- ment, practically all the large companies in the U. S. and England handling their entire business in the South through Charlotte offices and plants.
It is the "Southern Market" for dyestuffs, laboratories and offices being maintained here by the leading dye corporations of the country.
Charlotte Country Club
Charlotte has annual payrolls of over $12,750,000 from 285 widely diversified manufacturing and industrial plants.
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Charlotte's Greatest Asset
The climate of Charlotte is outstanding, and can be classed as the city's leading asset. The U. S. Weather Bureau has made records of Charlotte's climate for the past 45 years and the fact is developed that the people of this city live the year 'round in a temperature which averages 60.2 degrees. The mean maximum temperature is 69.5 degrees and the mean minimum is 50.9 degrees. The vicinity is favored in wind and rain, in sunshine and shadow. Agricultural activities may be pursued practically without interruption through- out the year.
Manufacturers and Manufacturing
Charlotte has many distinct advantages to offer the manufacturer-four competing rail lines, low freight rates, pure water and a convenient location. Manufacturers should investigate this thriving city. Living conditions are ideal. Climate is mild and pleasant, and schools are among the finest in the South. Excellent hotels and shops. Cordial social life. Several excellent golf courses.
Power
Charlotte is the home of the Duke Power Co., operating one of the best steam and hydro-electric systems in the world. Southern electric companies are tied up into a great super-power zone, and abundant "white coal" assures ample power at low cost.
Labor
Charlotte's labor is of the finest in the country today-native, white, sober, industrious. Labor troubles are practically unknown and the labor turnover is small.
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Central High School, Charlotte
Textiles
Here the textile development of the South is centering. Seven hundred seventy mills operate 10,000,000 spindles within 100 miles, and a great busi- ness has grown up in supplying these mills with dyestuffs, cotton, machinery and equipment of all kinds.
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As a Manufacturing Center, Charlotte Offers:
1. Low power rates for manufacturing purposes.
2. Close proximity to the sources of all material for finished products.
3. Cotton, cotton yarns, cottonseed, cotton oil, tobacco, peanuts, kaolin, wood pulp, lumber, etc.
4. Logical location for a manufacturer of commodities for export through the ports of Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah.
5. A very desirable type of high-class labor available to manufacturers.
6. Mild climate conditions throughout the year. There are nine months of exceptional open-season weather.
7. The adequate transfer facilities of four railroads, with daily terminal facil- ities of 5,200 carloads.
8. Desirable living conditions and unusual residential developments.
Trade Center and Ideal Distribution Point
Charlotte has a greater population within a 50-mile radius than Rich- mond; a greater population within a 100-mile radius than Atlanta. Char- lotte is the geographical and business center of the Carolinas.
50-mile radius
100-mile radius
Richmond
468,000
2,124,000
CHARLOTTE
583,000
1,972,000
Atlanta
711,000
1,904,000
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Catawba Hydro-Electric Plant of Duke Power Co., Charlotte
Charlotte's Trading Territory
Population of city and suburbs, approximately 1 40,000
Population within 25-mile radius, 250,000
Population within 50-mile radius, 583,000
Population within 75-mile radius, 1,131,000
Population within 100-mile radius, 1,972,000
Population within 150-mile radius, 4,500,000
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Charlotte offers the finest opportunities of today as the logical location for new industries, distributors, wholesale houses and business interests of every description that wish to take advantage of the manufacturing and trade opportunities in this rapidly-developing section, the richest trading territory in the South.
CHARLOTTE'S GROWTH
Population
Carloadings
1850 U. S. Census .1,065
Inbound
1860 U. S. Census 2,265
1938
36,793
1870 U. S. Census. 4,473
1939
40,852
1890 U. S. Census 11,557
1940
45,552
1900 U. S. Census 18,091
Outbound
1910 U. S. Census. 34,014
1938
11,241
1920 U. S. Census 46,338
1930 U. S. Census 82,675
1939
13,963
1940 U. S. Census. 100,899 1940
5-Mile Radius (including Charlotte) 150,000
Industrial Plants
1900
57
1910
108
1925
200
1930
167
1937
183
1938
260
1939
277
1940
285
Bank Resources
1900
$ 3,900,000.00
1910
9,970,000.00
1920
41,111,524.00
1923 42,143,554.00
1924
47,333,988.80
1925
60,000,000.00
1926
66,593,522.28
1927
77,207,866.92
1928 77,587,836.44
1932
47,331,867.00
1937
79,304,000.00
1938
94,452,735.77
1939
221,531,351.89
1940
252,468,994.05
Bank Deposits
1926
$40,005.709.48
1927
46,479,955.20
1928 46,475,693.14
30,563,805.15 1932
1937
69,937,000.00
1938
86,845,519.40
1939
206,288,680.25
234,012,455.99 1940
Bank Clearings
1926
$599,069,907.54
1927
654,758,277.97
1928 685,895,377.79
725,602,773.24 1929
1932 404,084,638.69
1936 651,731,959.03
1937
726,253,626.91
1938 769,108,200.00
1939
735,226,831.37
1940
847,446,979.74
Express Receipts
1915
$ 315,000.00
1927
above 700,000.00
1939
1,100,000.00
1940
1,135,000.00
Real Estate Taxable Value
1927 (City) .
$127,609,350
1939 (City and
County ) above 139,331,525
1940 (City and
County ) 1 45,230,795
Tax Rate
City (1940) ..
$1.48
County (1940) .90
Total
$2.38
Value Building Permits
1923
$5,263,340
1925
7,363,805
1927
5,449,364
1928 7,415,612
1936
2,741,270
1937
3,513,708
1938
2,917,576
1939
5.379,120
1940
4,285,729
Note: During 1939 two new U. S. Housing projects, named the Fair- view Home (for colored) and the Piedmont Courts, and in addition, two new hospitals (Presbyterian and Memorial) were started, with build- ing permits totaling more than $2,- 364,000. This explains the high building figures for 1939. The 1940 total building permit figures show what was done in private build- ing that year.
1880 U. S. Census. 7,094
16,439
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Charlotte's Post-Office Receipts
1920
$ 431,490.00
1931
727,720.75
1921
460,003.00
1932
736,605.66
1923
600,000.00
1933
766,641.92
1924
661,567.00
1934
834,760.21
1925
722,672.54
1935
890,870.69
1926
752,837.75
1936
950,589.00
1927
785,127.57
1937
1,028,553.02
1928
842,857.07
1938
1,046,183.24
1929
843,330.53
1939
1,122,790.68
1930
788,094.41
1940
1,190,044.36
Federal Reserve Bank
The Carolina Branch of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank, during 1936, 8,652,009 checks valued at $1,803,371,000; during 1938, 9,464,000 checks valued at $1,811,118,000; during 1939, 9,899,000 checks valued at $2,093,793,000; and during 1940, 11,182,000 checks valued at $2,603,- 114,000.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVITES INQUIRIES
The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce extends an invitation to outsiders to visit this city and experience the Charlotte spirit of good-will and cooper- ation. The Chamber, with C. O. Kuester as business manager, gladly supplies information regarding Charlotte to all who write or call. The Chamber of Commerce also invites the outside public to tune in on WBT, Charlotte's 50,000-watt radio broadcast station, one of America's finest and best.
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Mecklenburg County Court House, Charlotte
QUEEN'S COLLEGE
Queens College has an interesting history of 83 years. Many forces have contributed to its development. Founded in 1857 by a group of Christian leaders, the institution purposes to send into the nation to strengthen our civilization and to lead new generations, a continually-flowing procession of educated young women, with intellects trained to think, with personalities graced with cultured charm, and with lives motivated by Christian principles and loyalty.
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The College is fully accredited by the North Carolina College Conference and by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. It is also a member of the Southern Association of Colleges for Women and of the Presbyterian Educational Association of the South.
The College campus is located in the heart of Myers Park, one of Char- lotte's most beautiful residential sections. The city, the largest in the two Carolinas, offers much to students through the many civic organizations which contribute to the educational and cultural life of the community.
The College accepts the liberal arts curriculum as basic, a program of education proved effective for more than 300 years. Diverse in scope, the curriculum includes instruction in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, in pre-vocational subjects, and in the fine arts.
All departments of the College function in vital connection with the community. From this association, students gain in practical and cultural values, and in turn they contribute of their resources.
MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
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ABBREVIATIONS
acct ... accountant addresse
addressograph adv .... advertising agrl ... agricultural
agt
agent
al ...
alley
alt ........ alteration
Am . . . American
appr .. apprentice
apts apartments
archt
architect
Assn . .
assoc ... ... associato
asst
assistant
atndt
attendant
atty ... attorney
aud
auto .. automobile
auto opr ... automatic operator
avenuo
A ..... . . telephone
bet . ... between formin
bgemn .. baggageman
bkbndr .. bookbinder
bkpg mach opr .....
operator
bkpr bookkeeper
bldg building
bldr builder
blk .. block
blksmith . . blacksmith
blrnikr .. boilermaker
br
brklyr ... bricklayer gro
brkmn ... brakeman h
cabtmkr cabinetmaker capt captain hd hand pk
carp ..... carpenter
cash cashier
Ch Church
chauf . ... chauffeur
chf
chief
civ
. civil
clk
clerk
clnr cleaner
collr collector
coml
comn
comnr .. commissioner
compt . . comptometer
cond . . .. conductor
confr .. confectioner
cons .. consulting
contr .... contractor
cor
corner
corres. . correspondent
ct court
custdn ..... custodian
etr
del ...... delivery
dlep
dept
dicta dictaphone litho lithographer
. dletitian
dir . . director
dispr dispatcher
dist district
div . . . division
dlr dealer
dmnstr. . demonstrator
do ... ditto or same
mer
merchant
Met ... Metropolitan
meter rdr ....... meter reader
mfg .. manufacturing mifr .. manufacturer mgr .. manager inimneo opr
mimeograph operator nıkr maker
inkt
market
mldr molder minr milliner South san .. sanitary Sav .. . ... . . . Savings mın man sch .... school
mono ..... monotype se .. southeast
mse opr .. .morse
operator
msngr messenger
mistr mecli
master mechanic
mtce mn .. maintenance man
mtrmn ... motorman
mus
musle multi opr .. multigraph operator
mut . mutual
ns ......... north side
. . northwest nw
@ ... property owner of wkr .. office worker opposite opp o pr operator
osteo .. osteopath
genl general pass passenger
blvd ...... boulevard branch govt .. government pat . . patent
householder hairdrsr . . hairdresser
hdgrs .headquarters
hdw hardware
lingr hanger
hosp
hospital
hsekpr . . housekeeper Hts Heights plstr pntr .. painter
PS Publie School pres president
prfrdr ... proofreader
prin
priv sec.
... private
secretary
prod
produce
prop
proprietor
laborer kpr keeper prov provisions laby wkr ... laboratory worker profilr .. press feeder prsin .... pressman prsr 1hr lumber . presser ptrnmkr patternmaker lieut .. . lieutenant puh publishing
purch purchasing
.. resides or rooms R C. . Roman Catholic
RD .. Rural Delivery real est ... real estate rec .. . receiving WS. ..... West side wtchmn .. watchman ydmn ... yardman
dr drive
drftsmn .. draftsman drsmkr .. dressmaker e or E . . . . East
elec ...... electrical electn ... electrician electre .. electrotyper elev .. elevator
embdr .. embroiderer emp employe emp agey
employment agency
east side est estate
exam ....... examiner
exch exchange
exec . executive
exp
express expmn .. expressman fcty
factory
tlgmn flagman
fnshr
finisher
foreman forwn ... forewoman frt
ft
fitter nr bookkeeping machine ftr .... .... near
furn .. furniture furn rms
furnished rooms
furnishings
furngs
..
gasftr . gasfitter
gdnr gardener
goods
pharm .. pharmacist photog . . photographer phys
.. park pkr
packer
pkwy parkway
hlpr
helper
pl
.. place
plshr polisher ter .. terrace
... plasterer tmkpr ... timekeeper tmstr teamster
...
. .
trans .. transportation
trav
traveling
treas
....
treasurer
undtkr ... undertaker undwrtr .. underwriter uphol .... upholsterer US ... United States TIS.1
United States Army USMC .. United States
Marine Corps USN
United States Navy vet veterinary rule vulcanizer w or W West
whol . wholesale
wbsemn
.... warehouseman
wid
widow
wkr
worker
wks
works
ydmstr .. yardmaster
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
Abraham Abr
Alexander Alex
Charles
Alfred Alf
Archibald Arch
Arthur Arth
Elizabeth Eliz
Eugene
Eng
Michael Mich1
Thomas Thos
Benjamin
Benj
Frederick
Fredk
Patrick Patk
Geo
James Jas
Joseph
Jos
Edward
Edw
Katherine
Kath
Margaret Margt
Theodore . Thee August Aug
William Wm
10-40
ret ........... retail Rev ....... Reverend rptr .. ........ repeater rte mn .... route man rtg aido. . routing aide Railway
RyMS
Railway Mail Service s or S ..
Secretary
....
sergeant
sergt
ship shipping
sht mtl wkr .... sheet metal worker
slsmgr . . salesmanager slsmn . . Salesman slswn ... saleswoman smstrs ... seamstress soc . society
solr solicitor spl special
n or N ... North Sq square ss ......... south side sta station sta eng
stationary engineer
statn ..... statistician sten ... stenographer stereo ... stereotyper stmftr .. steamfitter str . setter
supt .. superintendent super .... supervisor surg .... surgeon
tabulating machine operator
tchr
teacher
tech
. technlclan
tel
..
telephone
plmbr
plumber
teleg
telegraph
implts . . implements PO postoffice todr tender
imptr importer
commercial
inc
incorporated
commission
insurance
ins
inspr inspector
instr . .. .. instructor int rev
internal revenue
ir
jwlr jeweler
1.ab
Indrs laundress r
Indrymn. . laundryman 1td limited rd road
mach .... machinist
mdse .. merchandise
mech
.... mechanic
mechl ... mechanical
dom .
domestic
Catherine
Cath
George
Richard Richd
Robert Robt
Samnel
Saml
Solomon
Sol
Stephen
Steph
rep .. representative reprmn .. repairman
restr ... restaurant
Chas
Daniel Danl
cutter
deputy
department
lino
linotype
puhlr
.... publisher
principal twp township
grocer pdir . peddler SW ... southwest swtchmn ... switchman tab mach opr ...
..
physician
...
. freight
Natl
National
foot
ne
northeast
sec
asmblr .. assembler eng . engineer Association engr engraver
.. auditor
dletn
junior
prof
professor
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Copyright, 1941, by Hill Directory Co., Inc. For List of General Abbreviations see opposite page
SUBURB ABBREVIATIONS
CP
Commonwealth Park
FP
Forest Park
Char
Charlotte
H
... Hoskins
OH . Oakhurst Heights
FIRM ABBREVIATIONS
ABCo American Bakeries Co
A &P .A & P Food Stores
BBCo. ... Belk Bros Co
CBCo. . Carolina Baking Co
DPCO. .Duke Power Co
GMAC. . General Motors Acceptance Corp GMSC. .General Motors Sales Corp HPkMfgCo .. .Highland Park Manufacturing Co Hudson SHCO ... Hudson Silk Hosiery Co
LSHMInc .. .. Larkwood Silk Hosiery Mills Inc
ODB Co ... . Old Dominion Box Co P and N Ry Co. .. . Piedmont and Northern Railway Co
RFC. .Reconstruction Finance Corp SBT&TCo .. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co SOCo. .... Standard Oil Co
USCG. . United States Coast Guard
WUTelCo. .Western Union Telegraph Co
Alphabetical List of Names
A A A MOTOR CLUB (Carolina Motor Club), 437 S Tryon, Tel 3-1187
A & H Lunch (Lawrence R Hedspeth) 2901 Rozzell's Ferry rd
A & P FOOD STORES, Montgomery A Hogewood V-Pres, J Gordon Chris- tian Jr Sales Mgr, Wm J Costello Office Mgr, Wm Gotsch Purch Agt, Geo J Fella Whse Supt, Office 817- 27 W Hill, Tel 3-3161
A & P Food Stores gros self service 1043 Providence rd Branches: 2200 Avon- dale av, 3200 N Caldwell, 1426 Cent- ral av, 401 Dowd rd, 1430 E 4th, 1030 N Graham, 826 E Morehead, 1432 W Morehead, 100 E Park av, 1201 Park- wood av, 3444 Rozzell's Ferry rd, 834 and 1957 E 7th, 201 E Trade, 900 W Trade and 319 N Tryon, bakery 822 W Hill, supt's office 319 N Tryon, whse 634 S Cedar
Aaron Douglas (c; Lizzie) lab h1101 E 1st
" Jeffries (c) delmn Serv Cut Rate Drug Co r1101 E 1st
" Wm H (Claire) driver r103 W Boule- vard
Abbey Simeon A (Mary) slsmn Grinnell Co h514 Central av
= Simeon A jr (Martha E) car distr Chev Mtr Div GMAC h2115 Hope- dale av
Abbott Doris asst Charlotte Pub Library r317 Hawthorne la
ABBOTT F C & CO (Fredk C Abbott), Southern Mill and Bank Stocks and Bonds, Real Estate, 815 Johnston Bldg, 212 S Tryon, Tel 7785
" Florrie 'S Mrs clk Hudson S H Co r 1217 Elizabeth av
" Fredk C (F C Abbott & Co) r1014 Kenilworth av
" Jas R '(Madeline) knitter Nebel Knit Co h1912 Lyndhurst av
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